Prone to the earth He bends his brow superb, Crops the young floret and the bladed herb; Lolls his red tongue, and from the reedy side Of slow Euphrates laps the muddy tide.
On the beach the tide softly laps the incline of sand, that looks like a slab of red freestone, fine-grained and hard.
In many respects a scutcher resembles an opener; its function is to continue the cleaning and form laps of uniform weight and density for the carding engine.
In case two scutchers are required, the lapsfrom the first are fed into the second, where they are similarly treated; in both machines the lever and pendent mechanism furnishes the means by which uniformity is attained.
The more general practice is to pass sliver laps to a ribbon lap machine, at the back of which six laps are placed, end facing end, in one long line and simultaneously unrolled to feed each web between four pairs of drawing rollers.
When the sliver lap machine furnishes laps for the comber, the slivers are previously put through one head of drawing, namely, between four lines of drawing rollers, to straighten out the fibres.
The Laps are generally speaking swarthy in complexion, black-haired and black-eyed; and so are the Majiars of Hungary.
Of this family theLaps are an extreme branch both in respect to physical conformation and geographical position.
And Charlie Sands was trying to prevent Jasper from getting back into his car, while Jasper was protesting that he could win in two or more laps and that he could drive with one hand--he'd only broken his arm.
It was after a dozen laps or so, with number thirteen doing as well as any of them, that Tish was arrested.
Along all the roads, vehicles were making their way toward the highest part of the island, filled to overflowing with merry people, who sat on one another's laps and hung right over the sides.
The men inadvertently sat upon the girls' lapsand jumped up in alarm.
And though the child was placed upon the laps of a thousand kings, one after another, yet that which the incorporeal voice had said came not to pass.
The king of Chedi worshipping, as each deserved, the monarchs that came, gave his child upon their laps one after another.
When the paper is dry, cover the laps with muslin as was done with the first covering.
You see the end X turns up over the other rope while the end O laps under the rope.
You cannot make a mistake in tying the square knot if you remember to notice which end is on top, or laps over the other rope when the first single tie is made (Fig.
Ten minutes later Number Five, two laps behind, and with a leaking radiator, dropped out of the race, leaving the Golden Butterfly the winner.
They then turned their attention to the contest, two laps of which had been made while they were talking.
One side of the boat must be got out longer than the other to allow for the lapping over at the bow, the stem-post being first fastened to the shorter side and then trimmed if necessary, until the side which laps over fits accurately.
To draw a line, for example, two inches from the edge of a board, take the rule in one hand, and lay the end flat on the surface of the board so that it laps over two inches from the edge (Fig.
If to pass through the roof, it should be soldered or riveted to a sheet of metal, as galvanized iron, the upper edge of the latter being slipped under the roof covering while the lower edge laps over it (Fig.
He has cut off the laps of a stunner tartan jacket, and looks like a great backgammon-board.
He had better have poured some riches into the laps of these than have built a new barn.
The calm immobility of the body so lately racked with pain, or restless in feverish tossings, is but a symbol of the deeper stillness of truer repose which remaineth for the people of God and laps the blessed spirits who 'sleep in Jesus.
It is bent cylindrical in shape and the ends are riveted together, then the laps on either side are bent nearly at right angles and serve to hold the socket in place.
In making the pattern for the pad corner, an allowance must be made for the thickness of the pad, as at A, and also for laps as at B, that are to go under the pad to hold the corners in place.
The corner may be riveted to the pad at the back or the laps may be bent in such a way as to clamp them to the pad, and permit of their removal at any time.
When the design has been pierced or embossed, the laps can be bent over a piece of metal equal in thickness to that of the pad.
Science throws her treasures, not like a capricious fairy into the laps of a favored few, but into the laps of all humanity, with a lavish extravagance that no legend ever dreamt of!
Cut off the point that laps over, according to the dotted line, also the point that laps under, leaving a little over half an inch for the final lap.
The road goes down the ravine beside the town of Positano, yet the old houses go on lower still, to the very edge of the blue sea, where the water laps in shadow on the beach.
Back from the stream the pale amber cliffs swept in smooth laps and folds like ribbons.
We raced like deer through the still woods, Ongyatasse gaining on the flying figure, and I about four laps behind him.
The members of the council let their knitting fall upon their laps and gazed at the oysters.
We must all work hard, and yet those cursed dogs at the North-pole are sitting with their hands folded in their laps doing nothing.
There he was, Jeff, striding round in the shadow of the brick wall, walking like a man with so manylaps to do before night.
He merely pushed them aside, some rolling off on the floor and breaking, others falling into the laps of the boys.
Teddy instantly fell off the table, tumbling into the laps of two of the boys, the three going down to the floor in a heap, finally rolling under the table.
We two were coming up together through the sweet land of poesy and dreams, where the senses believe what the heart hopes; our hands were full of green boughs, and our laps of cowslips and violets, white and purple.
The changers have to crawl over the laps of the others, while the rest sit tight and hold on for all they're worth.
So we honored her, and did not mind her being so heavy and walking up and down constantly on our laps as we drove home.
Before fastening laps paint a two-inch strip with the tar or pitch cement which comes with all patent roofing in order to stick it to the lower strip of roofing and to make a tight joint when put in place.
Always set caps even with the edge of the laps about two inches apart between their centres.
Why, evenLaps knows you," he said, as the dog barked and capered around us.
We must both have slept some, for I was aroused by hearing Laps barking, and Marjorie had not made her appearance when the hands of my watch pointed to half past five.
The barking of Laps was caused by the arrival of Mr. Wesson, whom I blamed without much reason for the headache I had awakened with.
Now the people won't have their plates or goblets slip into their laps as they eat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laps" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
